Improvement in apparatus for the manufacture of oiucloth



A. P. BUCHANAN. Apparatus for the Manufacture of Oil-010th.

No. 207,491. Patented Aug. 27, I878.

KWWMTW N.FETERS. PNQTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER F. BUOHANAN,.OF MONTROSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF 0lLCLOTH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,491, dated August27, 1878 application filed March 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER F. Boon- ANAN, of Montrose, in the countyof Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedApparatus for the Manufacture of Oil-Cloth, which invention is fully setforth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional plan ortop view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section in the plane as m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination, with a series ofdrying-compartments, of a cloth-roller, a mill, and a rubber, the framesof which are provided with wheels, which run on tracks extending infront of the doors which lead into the several drying-compartments, sothat by movin g the cloth-roller, the mill, and the rubber opposite theseveral drying-compartments in the proper order the operation of coatingthe cloth by means of the mill and introducing the same into one of thedryingcompartments, can be, carried on, while the coated material, afterhaving been dried in one of the other compartments, is being drawn out,passed through the rubber, and taken up by the cloth-roller ready toreceive a fresh coat, and the operations of coating, drying, and rubbingthe cloth can be carried on without interruption.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a large room, which is dividedby a series of partitions, a, into a number of compartments, B B B B820. Each of these compartments is provided with a door, I), which canbe easily opened and closed; and in front of the several doors are threetracks, 0 d e, on which moves the mill 0, the rubber D, and theclothroller E, the frames of these several devices being provided withwheels, which fit the tracks. The mill 0 is a machine, of well-knownconstruction, which serves to coat the muslin, or other material used inthe manufacture of oil-cloth, with a compound of oil and clay, or withany other compound generally employed for this purpose. The rubber D isa machine of well-known construction, such as generally used forgrinding off the coated surface of the muslin or other material afterthe same hasbeen dried; and the cloth-roller E is a roller mounted in asuitable frame, provided with wheels, which fit the track 6, and on itis wound the muslin or other material.

The compartments B B B &c., are heated by steam or other means, andeach, of them is provided with endless carrying ropes or chains f,similar to those used in manufactories of paper-hangings and otherarticles for hanging up the material in a zigzag form, as shown in Fig.2. The transverse slats used in connection with the endlesscarryingropes, and the manner of introducing said slats, are well-knowndevices, and need no description in this application for a patent.

At the beginning the cloth-roller E, which is filled with muslin orother material to be coated, is moved opposite to or in line with thecompartment B, the mill 0 is moved between said roller and the door ofthis compartment, the door being opened, and the material contained onthe roller E is drawn through the mill, and hung up in the compartmentB. In passing through the mill the material is supplied on one side withthe required coat of oil and clay or other suitable compound. After allthe material contained on the roller E has been passed through the milland hung up in the compartment B, the door of this compartment isclosed, the mill 0 is moved opposite the door of the second compartment,and this compartment is filled the same as the first, and so on, thesame mill being used in coating the material as it passes from theclothroller into either of the compartments. After the material in thefirst compartment has become sufficiently dry, an empty cloth-roller isbrought opposite to the door of this compartment, the rubber D is movedbetween this cloth-roller and the door, which is then opened, and thematerial contained in the compartment B is drawn out through the rubberonto the roller E. As the material is being drawn through the rubber itscoated surface is exposed to the action of one or moregrinding-cylinders, for the purpose of rendering said surface smooth andeven. Then this has been accomplished the material is ready for a secondcoat, which is applied in the same manner as the first coat, and theoperations of coating the material, drying the same, and

other, and I am enabled to coat pieces of muslin of several hundredyards in length without difficulty.

My apparatus is intended, particularly, for

the manufacture of oil-cloth for table-covers and other articles of asimilar nature.

If desired, the cloth-roller, the mill, and the rubber may be simplyplaced on a truck or on wheels, so that they can be moved on the barefloor, without using special tracks for this purpose.

In the manufacture of oil-cloth as usually carried on, a singledrying-compartment is used, and opposite to this compartment is placedthe mill, so that the freshly-coated material can be passed directlyinto the dryingcompartment. After the material has dried,

it is taken out of the drying-compartment by means of a roller, which iscarried to the rubbing-machine, the material is rubbed, again wound onthe roller, carried back to the mill, supplied with a fresh coat, andagain passed into the dryingcompartment. While the material is beingdried the operation is ata standstill, and much time is also lost incarrying the material from one machine to the other.

In following my method the several machines are caused to follow thematerial, and by the employment of a series of heating-compartments allinterruption of the-process is avoided.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in an apparatus for manufacturing oil-cloth, of aseries of compartments, B B B B &c., tracks 0 d, and a mill, 0, rubberD, and cloth-roller E, all adapted to operate substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, in an apparatus for manufacturing oil-cloth, of aseries of compartments, B B B 13 ,850., and a rubber, D, adapted to bemoved from one compartment to the other, and to take the materialdirectly from either ofsaid compartments,substantial] y as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of March, 1878.

A. F. BUCHANAN.

